AMERICAN INDIANS (MAM)

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Financial assistance payments to members of the Navaho and Hopi Tribes (P.L. 93-531).

Funds held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for an Indian Tribe and distributed per capita to members of that tribe (Section 2, P.L. 98-64).

Payments made under any judgment of the Indian Claims Commission of the Court of Claims in favor of any Indian tribe (Section 7, P.L. 93-134).

Per capita judgment payments to members of the Gross Ventre Tribe and Black Feet Tribe (Section 4, P.L. 92-254).

Per capita judgment payments to, or held in trust for, members of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians (P.L. 94-540).

Funds distributed under the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 (Section 9 (c) (2), P.L. 96-420) to the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, or the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians.

Treatment: Excluded Income by federal mandate.

Distributions from Alaska Native Corporations and Settlement Trusts.

Treatment: Excluded Income for the MAGI-related categories of assistance only.

Distributions from any property held in trust, subject to Federal restrictions, located within the most recent boundaries of a prior Federal reservation, or otherwise under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior.

Treatment: Excluded Income for the MAGI-related categories of assistance only.

Distributions and payments from rents, leases, rights of way, royalties, usage rights, or natural resource extraction and harvest from:

. Rights of ownership or possession in any lands held in trust, subject to Federal restrictions, located within the most recent boundaries of a prior Federal reservation, or otherwise under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior; or

. Federally protected rights regarding off-reservation hunting, fishing, gathering, or usage of natural resources.

Treatment: Excluded Income for the MAGI-related categories of assistance only.

Distributions resulting from real property ownership interests related to natural resources and improvement:

. Located on or near a reservation or within the most recent boundaries of a prior Federal reservation; or

. Resulting from the exercise of federally-protected rights relating to such real property ownership interests.

Treatment: Excluded Income for the MAGI-related categories of assistance only.

Payments resulting from ownership interests in or usage rights to items that have unique religious, spiritual, traditional, or cultural significance or rights that support subsistence or a traditional lifestyle according to applicable Tribal Law or custom.

Treatment: Excluded Income for the MAGI-related categories of assistance only.

Student financial assistance provided under the Bureau of Indian Affairs education programs.

Treatment: Excluded Income for the MAGI-related categories of assistance only.

References: 42 CFR 435.603